Treatment of Tuberculous Empyema by Intrathoracic Transposition of a Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap
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Treatment of Tuberculous Empyema by Intrathoracic Transposition of a Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap.
117 South Korea has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations [1], despite the management of pulmonary tuberculosis with antituberculosis drugs. Therefore, South Korea also has a relatively high prevalence of tuberculous empyema, a complication of tuberculosis that accounts for 3%–6% of all cases of empyema [2]. A chronic, act...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Plastic Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2234-6163,2234-6171
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2016.43.1.117